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ExxonMobil buys into Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline

American oil company ExxonMobil, which is among Kazakhstan’s and Azerbaijan’s leading upstream investors, became a shareholder of BTC Co., which manages the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline,...

Kazakhstan proposes to create a council to increase transparency of tariff formation

In Kazakhstan, it is proposed to create a Tariff Policy Council to increase transparency of tariff formation, said Vice Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin, presenting the draft law on Natural...

New wind farm to be built in Atyrau region

A new 52 MW wind farm is currently under construction in the Isatay district of the Atyrau region and is scheduled to be commissioned in 2020. According to the head of the region's Department of Energy...

Kazakhstanis assess quality of electricity supply in the country

The Committee for Atomic and Energy Supervision and Control of the Energy Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan conducted a survey of consumers on the quality of electricity supply, Kazpravda reports. According...

Kazakhstan, Tajikistan to mull mutual electricity supplies

A meeting of the Kazakh-Tajik intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation took place in Dushanbe on February 12-13, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy said. Deputy Energy Minister Bulat Akchulakov...

Karachaganak consortium requested to increase contributions for large social projects of West Kazakhstan

Governor of West Kazakhstan Region Altay Kulginov has addressed the operator of the foreign consortium developing Karachaganak field to increase the financing of large social projects in the region,...

Three oil and gas operators implementing projects in Kazakhstan

Three large oil and gas operators are implementing projects in Kazakhstan worth about $45 billion, said Rashid Zhaksylykov, chairman of the presidium of the Union of Oilfield Service Companies of Kazakhstan,...

Lukoil expects to sign new field development agreement with Kazakhstan

Lukoil is going to sign a new Caspian fields development agreement with Kazakhstan in coming future, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian oil major Vagit Alekperov told reporters on Thursday, TASS...

Kazakhstan to introduce world standards for laboratory practice

Kazakhstan is set to implement the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), which will allow the results of testing in Kazakhstan’s laboratories to be recognised by the Organisation for Economic...

Oil sector played significant role in the improvement of the State budget in 2017

The oil sector has provided a crucial support to the consolidated budget of the country (which include National Fund) in 2017 – oil revenues increased by 60% while their share in revenues has...

Kazakhstan International Energy, Electrical equipment and Machine building Exhibition

Exhibition postponed to 2025